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The long wait is over - Our highly anticipated Fall Sports Preview section will be coming out next week....
Based on academic excellence, a dozen Highland Community College student-athletes have been honored as NJCAA All-Academic American recipients. For student-athletes to qualify for this prestigious award, they must maintain a minimum 3.60 GPA. "We are very proud of our Highland Cougar student-athletes who have earned NJCAA All-Academic honors. They continue to excel in the classroom, competition, and in the community," said Director of Athletics Pete Norman. "Our coaches work hard to develop...
The first week of August was the official "No Contact" Week as required by the IHSA, and all over the region High School football and Volleyball teams officially began practice on Monday, August 8th. But the first competitions are not as far away as you might think. Local Golf teams will begin their season this weekend. The first competition will take place on Friday when the Stockton Blackhawks travel to Rockford to compete in the Jefferson Jayhawk Invite. But Saturday is even bigger as the...
After 14 years, an August tradition for runners in Freeport looked like it was on its last legs and would run off into the sunset. But some of the participants in past years said not so fast and volunteered to help keep the Colby Smith Memorial race literally running and keep it going. So, bright and early on Saturday, Aug. 27, the 4-mile race will begin as usual at 8 a.m. at St. Thomas Church and hundreds of people will get some exercise as they run across town to Aquin High School. The race...
NFL teams have all reported to training camps, and area High School teams will strap on the helmets and begin official practice on August 8th, so naturally it's time to let everyone know what our plans are here at Village Voices for the upcoming seasons. On the High School side, our highly anticipated Fall Sports Preview issue is scheduled to come out on August 24th – the Wednesday before opening week of High School football her in Northwest Illinois. We know Wisconsin football is a week a...
Orangeville's Whitney Sullivan was a major factor in the Bronco's capturing the NUIC North Basketball Conference title last season, and apparently her size, speed and talents have not gone unnoticed. The Bronco junior was given a Division I basketball scholarship by the Wisconsin Badgers over the summer months. As reported on their website ... "Recruiting is the lifeblood of any major college athletics team, but following it closely as a fan can sometimes be difficult and can often be time...
The Carroll County Longspurs is a singles trap shooting team that was founded in 2008 by James "Lefty" Wackerlin, and competes within the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP). Shooters are divided into competition groups as follows: rookies (3rd through 5th grade), intermediate entry (1st year of shooting 6th through 8th grade), intermediate advanced (2nd year or more of shooting 7th and 8th grade), junior varsity (1st year of shooting 9th through 12th grade), varsity (2nd year or more of...
Tyler's Justice Center for Children hosted its 2nd Annual Teeing Off for Tyler's golf outing on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Woodbine Bend Golf Course. It was a beautiful day and we had a nice turnout and were able to raise nearly $11,000.00 for the Center between the participating golfers, numerous sponsors, and the money raised from our silent auction and raffles. We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who participated in the event, made a donation or sponsored this event in any...
The NUIC was well represented by the Illinois Coaches Association as several athletes were awarded All State Softball Honors for their efforts this past season. Leading the way by being selected to the first team were: Cheyenne Handsaker, Sr. Pearl City Tessa Janecke, Sr. Orangeville Kara Erdmann, Sr. Forreston Emmie Nyen, Sr. Durand Athletes who earned Second Team Honors included: Meghan Carlisle, So. Orangeville Jenna Damon, Sr. Durand Brianna Stager, Sr. Pearl City Rylee Broshous, Jr. Forreston Hannah Bowers, Sr. Dakota Mary Zettle, Sr....
Collin Fosler, a senior at Scales Mound High School, competed in the High Jump Saturday June 4th in La Crosse for the Wisconsin State Track Meet. Out of 16 jumpers Collin won the WIAA D3 High Jump title with a jump of 6'4" and did it on his 18th birthday! (Not bad for a kid who is 6'2" tall) Many people did not know he was competing this year because he spent the majority of the season in physical therapy from an injury he got from the state basketball tournament. He was finally able to heal...
The Jim Shaw Classic All Star Basketball games were held at Eastland High School on Tuesday last week, and the very next day the first ever Volleyball All Star game was played at Eastland as well. And judging from the smiles witnessed both on and off the court ... both events were a big hit with the kids who participated ... which was the whole point. In the Jim Shaw Classic, the game worth watching was the Girls contest, where the South jumped out to a huge 29-8 halftime lead, only to see it...
NUIC North Player of the Year: Cheyenne Handsaker First Team Cheyenne Handsacker, Sr. Pearl City Tessa Janecke, Sr. Orangeville-Aquin Hannah Bowers, Sr. Dakota Jenna Damon, Sr. Durand Brianna Stager , Sr. Pearl City Rachael Setterstrom, Fr. Lena Winslow Emmie Nyen, Sr. Durand Mary Zettle, Sr. Dakota Meghan Carlisle, So. Orangeville-Aquin Meghan Holder, So. Orangeville-Aquin Brea Musser, Jr. Pearl City Delaney Wirtjes, Fr. Durand Second Team Leah Baker, Jr. Orangeville-Aquin Amya Stack, Sr....
Recently, the Eastland JH track team has been competing in East Peoria at the IESA State Track Meet. They had an exceptional weekend which included four State Champions and a second place overall team finish. 8th Grade Boys-2nd PLACE TEAM FINISH 4x200 Relay - STATE CHAMPION, 1:40.52 (Braden Anderson, Zy Haverland, Parker Krogman, Draven Zier and alternate Cameron Huber) Draven Zier - STATE CHAMPION, Long Jump - 19ft 2in Parker Krogman - STATE CHAMPION, 110 Hurdles - 16.43 seconds Parker Krogman...
NUIC North Player of the Year: Ethan Fye First Team Ethan Fye, Sr. Lena-Winslow Nathan Brinkmeier, JR Pearl City Jake Zeal, Jr. Lena-Winslow Adam Thompson, Sr. Dakota Evan Broge, Sr. Aquin Clay Luedeking, Sr. Aquin Drew Streckwald, Jr. Lena-Winslow Trenton Taylor, Sr. Du/Pec Brody Mahon, Sr. Lena-Winslow Luke Benson, Sr. Lena-Winslow Kaidyn Niedermeier, Jr. Dakota Michael Conroy, So. Du/Pec James Eyster, Jr. Dakota Tanner Perdue, Jr. Pearl City Second Team Bryce Fitzanko, Sr. Du/Pec Caden Wenger...
Boys NUIC Co-MVPS Matt Beltran, Forreston/Polo Dawson Feyen, Galena/RR/ED Amboy Brock Loftus, Kyle McNinch and Ian Sundberg Dakota Camden Foesch, Kaleb Morris, Tyler Kauffman, Tug Dornink, Adrain Arellano, kooper Meier and Aiden Ruiz Forreston/Polo Brock Soltow, Payton Encheff, Carson Jones, Lucas Nelson, Dane Setterstrom, Micah Nelson, Thomas Falk, Wyatt Queckboerner, Johnny Kobler and Matt Beltran Fulton Daken Pessman, Brock Mason Galena/RR/ED Ali Alhamdani, River Alvarado, Aaron Culbertson,...
South Beloit Sectional Tue., May 24 Forreston 2 Pearl City 1 (12) Fri., May 27 Dakota 7 Orangeville 6 Sat., May 28 Forreston 8 Dakota 7 Lena-Winslow Regional Mon., May 16 Scales Mound/RR 14 Galena 4 Tue., May 17 Orangeville 11 SM/RR 1 Eastland 5 Lena-Winslow 4 Fri., May 20 Orangeville 7 Eastland 4 Pearl City Regional Mon., May 16 Stockton/Warren 12 Milledgeville 2 Tue., May 17 Pearl City 3 Stockton/Warren 0 Fulton 8 East Dubuque 3 Fri., May 20 Pearl City 10 Fulton 0 Durand Regional Mon., May 16...
Lena-Winslow Sectional Fri., May 27 Sterling Newman 15 Lena-Winslow 2 Warren/Stockton 4 Fulton 1 Sat., May 28 Sterling Newman 12 Warren/Stockton 5 Aquin Regional Mon., May 16 Alden-Hebron 8 Kirkland Hiawatha 4 Aquin 13 South Beloit 0 Wed., May 18 Lena-Winslow 6 Alden-Hebron 1 Thu., May 19 Galena 15 Aquin 6 Sat., May 21 Lena-Winslow 3 Galena 2 (11) Sterling Newman Regional Mon., May 16 Milledgeville 7 Morrison 6 Wed., May 18 Forreston 10 Milledgeville 9 Thu., May 19 Sterling Newman 5 Pearl City...
Pearl City deserved better. The Lady Wolves didn't just fix their defensive problems, they perfected them. What had been the Achilles heel for the Wolves all season, was erased as they didn't just play strong defense – they played perfect defense for eleven innings – not making a single error in their Sectional semi-final against the Forreston Cardinals. Forreston, made five. The Wolves had more hits, had more baserunners, never walked a batter and – thanks to the excellent defense – never g...
The baseball season came to a bitter end for the Lena-Winslow Panthers in the Sectional semi-finals at the hands of a very strong Sterling Newman Comet squad. Jake Zeal threw an excellent game, and also added a monster solo homerun to make it a 3-2 ballgame going into the fifth inning. But the Achilles heal for the Panthers on this day was their battery – whether it was ruled a wild pitch, or a passed ball didn't matter. The point that did was that even though the Comets were only hitting s...
There is an old sports axiom that points out how hard it is to beat a team three times in the same season ... especially when they are good. But the Warren/Stockton Warhawks played the villain role to a "T" as they knocked off a formidable Fulton squad for the third time in the Sectional semi-finals to end their season in a 4-1 game that was dominated by Warhawk starter Caleb Mammoser. In the top of the first inning, Austin Chumbler smacked a single, stole second, then beat the throw home on a...
Coming into the Sectional Championship game, Warhawk head coach Jim Nielsen knew that the keys would be solid defense, and making sure they didn't leave too many runs on base. "We left a lot of runs on base against Fulton, and we can't afford to do that," Nielsen pointed out. More prophetic words were never spoken. The Warhawks had Newman on the ropes. After plating two runs in the first inning, they held a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second with the bases loaded and only one out. Ian...
While the Jim Shaw Classic has celebrated area basketball seniors for years, and Highland College hosts senior baseball players each summer, until now there had never been an All Star Volleyball Game. On Wednesday, June 8th at Eastland High School beginning at 6:00 pm, Village Voices is sponsoring the first ever Northwest Illinois Volleyball All Star Game. Girls from any of the nine school districts covered by Village Voices who made the All Conference team – whether 1st, 2nd or Honorable Mentio...
The Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame would like to invite all senior basketball players listed below to participate in the 2022 Jim Shaw All-Star Classic. It will be held on June 7th at Eastland High School in Lanark. The girls' game will start at 5:30 pm and the boys' will start at 7:00 pm. Players selected to participate include: Girls South Roster Coach – Dennis Huttenlocher Eastland: Addison Burkholder, Chloe Sweitzer, Annika Myre, Delana Erbsen Forreston: Kailey Sanders Fulton: L...
In the first inning of their Regional opener at home against Milledgeville, the Stockton/Warren Warhawks were, well ... not in sync. A soft floater over second fell for a hit, a shot to left was misjudged and went over the fielder's head, and those plays counted as hits! Add in the two errors, and the Warhawks were lucky to get out of the inning only down 2-0. "We were so flat in practice yesterday," said assistant coach Dean Zink, "the slow start had me scared we were going to lose." The Warhaw...
The Lena-Winslow Panthers will always remember their Regional semi-final game against Eastland as "One that Got Away", while the Cougars will forever think of it as "The Cougar Come Back." But no matter which team you rooted for nobody could argue that they witnessed one of the finest softball games of the year. The game turned against the Panthers very early as senior centerfielder, Kamryn Cain, smashed an RBI in the first inning to put the Panthers up 1-0. But she then tried to pull off a dela...
